Arizona Student trying for the Ivies

<p>Info:
Gender: Male
Race: Caucasian
Top 8% of class of 422
Grades: 4.0/5.0 Weighted 3.55/4.0 Unweighted
SAT II's: 690 World History, 740 Literature, 690 Spanish, 700 American History
SAT I: 680 Math/720 Writing/770 Reading=2170
SAT I: 650 Math/710 Writing/800 Reading=2160
2200 Altogether</p>

<p>Classes Taken:
Frosh: H Bio, Spanish II, Geometry, P.E., English IH, J.V. Choir, Men's Choir
Soph: H Chemistry, dropped at Semester to Regular, Spanish IIIH, English IIH, Varsity Choir, Algebra II, World History H
Junior: H Physics, Spanish IVH, English IIIH, Advanced Vocal Ensemble (Highest Level), Pre-Calculus, American History AP, Men's Choir
Senior Classes: AP Statistics, Varsity Choir, Econ/Government, AP English IV, AP Spanish V, Advanced Vocal Ensemble, Men's Choir</p>

<p>EC: Varsity Swimming (Captain, Letterman, placed 7th at State Finals)
Vice President of Choir of eighty students (Voices of Saguaro)
Master of Ceremonies for Century of Song
Community Service through Ambassadorship Program, NHS and Vocal Music
Club Swimming, takes up extreme amounts of time
Young Democrats (President) **
Young Democrats (Vice President)
Young Democrats (Secretary)
Young Democrats (Treasurer)
*Jazz Choir
Varsity Choir
Men's Choir
*

Lauds:
**National Merit Semi-Finalist

National Spanish Exam: Bronze Medalist
2007 Outstanding High School Swimmer (Varsity Swimming)
Outstanding Baritone (Varsity Choir)
National Honor Society
Various Meaningless Mailing Awards (Who's Who, National Society of High School Scholars, etc.)
Placed 7th in State Finals in Swimming</p>

<p>Intended Major: Political Science, Communications
Minor: Romance Languages</p>

<p>Applied to:
Harvard College
Lewis and Clark College
Syracuse University
University of Arizona
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Brown University
Yale University
Georgetown University
Northwestern University
UC Berkeley
Boston University
Wesleyan</p>

<p>I'm very aware that my GPA is not stellar. It's fine, just not stellar. When I take honors/AP classes, it tends to be that I get B's and they're weighted as A's. So please take that into consideration.</p>

<p>I'm planning to sell myself as a swimmer, singer, and a political freak. I can speak very intelligently about music and politics (and other things, obviously). I think that might help me at Yale, but not really at anywhere else.</p>

<p>I really do spend a ton of time singing, my voice is very good, and** I'm going to send a tape to be judged.**</p>

<p>Yale is my first choice, I have applied EA. I'm sending a letter of intent saying that if accepted, I will go. </p>

<p>Finally, (Swear I'm Done), I have interned at the U.S. Attorney's Office over the past summer?</p>

<p>Where will I be able to get in? Will selling my soul to Yale work? And, could everyone tell me where I may get in off of my entire list? I want to know where I can be assured of getting into, maybe get into, etc.</p>

<p>Finally, I'm from AZ. That was long, huh?</p>

<p>Although some of the academics aren't amazing stellar, you show a really good passion in your ECs which may get you some acceptance letters from top colleges.</p>

<p>gl</p>

<p>What school in AZ are you from? I'm from Desert Mountain.</p>

<p>thanks, guys! I'm from Saguaro, btw. Does anyone know if NMS semi-finalist is an actual cred, or is it sort of required material at Yale?</p>